[PAR35]

I agree with the defense attorney that the real problem was higher up the chain of command.

[Retain Mike]

looks like I agree with the attorney too when I say, "I now have little difficulty imagining a 7th Fleet staff bureaucrat taking satisfaction in entering the names and sex of these officers into a report to DOD about their efforts to push diversity in the destroyer squadron to new levels".

I will speculate that during the court martial proceedings is the first time they realized how deficient preparation for their duties had been.